bug#16591: closed (Re: bug#16591: -*-mode1-*- -*mode2-*-)

[Rüdiger Sonderfeld]

On Thursday 30 January 2014 21:56:20 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 02:41:13PM +0100, Rüdiger Sonderfeld wrote:
> > -*- mode:text; mode:flyspell; -*-
> > 
> > But maybe you want to load `flyspell' in the `text-mode-hook' anyway.
> 
> OK people. Kindly document all that. Thanks!

It's what the documentation already says

> You can also use file-local variables to specify buffer-local minor
> modes, by using ‘eval’ specifications.  For example, this first nonblank
> 
> line puts the buffer in Lisp mode and enables Auto-Fill mode:
>      ; -*- mode: Lisp; eval: (auto-fill-mode 1); -*-
> 
> Note, however, that it is usually inappropriate to enable minor modes
> this way, since most minor modes represent individual user preferences.
> If you personally want to use a minor mode for a particular file type,
> it is better to enable the minor mode via a major mode hook (*note Major
> Modes::).